I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2577 - 1170: Tianyuan Dao Fruit

A Deity Transformation True Monarch truly wields immense divine abilities.

Ku Zhu felt a chill of dread when he realized Chen Mobai had pierced straight through his most hidden secret.

Yet after tensely awaiting any move for some time with no response from Chen Mobai, Ku Zhu came to understand that this Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor stood apart from the avaricious cultivators of the Tianhe Realm—he was a genuine sage.

"Please, Senior, make your move."

With the Tianyuan Dao Fruit exposed, Ku Zhu saw no point in concealment any longer. In this situation, he had no choice but to place his faith in Chen Mobai. He produced the Four Seas Bottle and presented it reverently with both hands.

Luo Yixuan reached to accept it, but Chen Mobai held her back.

"This magic artifact carries several intriguing restrictions. Any ordinary cultivator who touches it gets their location tracked..."

While speaking, Chen Mobai claimed the Four Seas Bottle and inspected it closely.

Ku Zhu's pupils contracted sharply at these words.

Did this imply his position had always been monitored by Submerged Abyss Island?

"An excellent magic artifact, rivaling the Cleansing World Pot from the Burning Heaven Five Veins."

Appraising a fifth-rank magic artifact came effortlessly to Chen Mobai at his current realm.

Beneath Ku Zhu's stunned stare, a radiant mist treasure pearl emerged at Chen Mobai's chest, its multicolored glow illuminating everything. The golden dragon scales encircling the Four Seas Bottle's mouth—which Ku Zhu had labored a century to erode down to roughly one-sixth by slaying powerful foes—vanished instantly like sticky gold dust scattering in the breeze.

Freed from the dragon scale restrictions, the Tianyuan Dao Fruit's power inside the Four Seas Bottle surged forth unchecked, resembling a vast azure wave crashing outward.

Luo Yixuan's face twisted in alarm nearby, as her dual spiritual powers stirred vigorously, especially the Yellow Springs Spiritual Power, which seemed poised to break free and rush toward the Tianyuan Dao Fruit.

She and Elder Ming deployed their divine senses at full strength to rein in the Yellow Springs Spiritual Power.

Ku Zhu faced the identical turmoil. Through years of drawing in and refining the Tianyuan Dao Fruit's essence, his cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage pinnacle. Now fueled by the roaring azure surge, he faintly grasped the chance to shatter his bottleneck and attain completion.

Right then, Chen Mobai tapped down with one finger, casually forcing the mighty Tianyuan Dao Fruit—formidable in Ku Zhu's view, like a mole surfacing from the earth—back into the Four Seas Bottle.

Luo Yixuan, who had been battling fiercely, suddenly relaxed with a deep breath, regaining command over her unruly spiritual power.

"Does this resemble the heretic from my Longevity Sect, the Sea-devouring Devil Monarch's Nine Abysses Nine Springs Dao Fruit?"

Chen Mobai commented, having spotted the oddity in Luo Yixuan's spiritual power, which prompted him to halt his scrutiny of the Tianyuan Dao Fruit.

Yet with his profound cultivation and sharp insight, that fleeting instant sufficed to uncover the key hints.

Addressing Ku Zhu directly, he cut to the chase.

"I seek your forgiveness, Senior. This junior's Dao Fruit origin is bound by a Daoist Heart Oath, barring disclosure to outsiders."

Chen Mobai's voice remained even, but Ku Zhu recognized it as yet another trial. Still, upon inheriting from Submerged Abyss Island, he had vowed silence on all matters of that lineage.

"I understand..."

Chen Mobai's face turned pensive, while Ku Zhu's heart pounded at its utmost.

Though Submerged Abyss Island evolved into the Hall of Ten Directions under the Eastern Emperor Court, it harbored deep-seated grudges against the Longevity Sect. The Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor was famed as the Longevity Sect's Saint Heir, now even its Sect Hierarch.

The Nine Abyss Demon Sect, the Longevity Sect's most notorious dark chapter historically, had clashed in mortal combat with two factions in antiquity.

Ku Zhu's Tianyuan Dao Fruit truly stemmed from the Nine Abysses and Nine Nether Swallowing Sea Demon Technique.

From either righteous standpoint or Chen Mobai's own position, plenty of justification existed to claim the Tianyuan Dao Fruit or even slay Ku Zhu.

"Your Nascent Soul aura shines pure, your sword intent remains untainted; it proves that even after refining this Dao Fruit's power, you've avoided the Swallowing Sea Demon Technique..."

After a short pause, Chen Mobai spoke at last, filling Ku Zhu with gratitude toward his late master. Without Mu Qin's sacrificial block against his fall to the demonic path, amid Tianhe Realm's harshness and given Ku Zhu's ordeals and nature, he would have gone berserk long before.

"The seal stands open, yet this Dao Fruit appears incomplete, seemingly cleaved in two. The encircling Power of Void bears a massive breach, hence its storage in this magic artifact to halt dissipation and escape."

"Now that the bottle's seal is breached, though you possess secret arts to draw the Dao Fruit's power, at Nascent Soul level, you can't keep pace with the unsealed leakage rate."

"Two solutions exist: First, I employ the Longevity Sect's secret method to mend this Dao Fruit and embed it within you, but that demands cultivating techniques tied to the Dao Fruit."

"Second, I craft a bottle cap to reseal the mouth, then impart the sacramental refinement mantra. Open it whenever you seek to absorb the power—slower, yet enabling genuine integration."

Ku Zhu's eyes bulged in astonishment after Chen Mobai's explanation.

The Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor could actually wield Dao Fruits?

In the Tianhe Realm, Dao Fruits were legacies of Nascent Soul cultivators. Even as half the Nine Abysses Nine Springs Dao Fruit, the Tianyuan Dao Fruit held substantial might.

A Deity Transformation True Monarch might seize a Dao Fruit at best, but manipulating it was unprecedented.

Was it due to the Tianyuan Dao Fruit's core being the Longevity Sect's Black Emperor Abyssal Scripture, with the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor mastering it to the utmost?

Or had the figure before him ascended in cultivation?

Ku Zhu recalled Chen Mobai's post-divinity feats: felling the White Bone Demon King and Mysterious Sea Flood Dragon, both apex Deity Transformation beings. The more he pondered, the firmer his belief in the latter possibility grew.

"My thanks, Senior, but if given the choice, Junior prefers the second option."

Though prolonged refinement of the Tianyuan Dao Fruit's power had begun altering Ku Zhu's essence, qi, and spirit, he yearned to master the Dao Fruit himself someday, not morph into its vessel.

"This bottle ranks as a Fifth Rank Artifact, so its cap must match at fifth rank. For your future free control, a drop of your essence blood will blood-refine it."

With Ku Zhu's assent, Chen Mobai drew fifth-rank minerals from Bai Wu Ancestor's storage bag, then requested the final component.

"You've labored greatly, Senior!"

Ku Zhu bit his tongue without pause—knowing Chen Mobai could end him in a single breath—and yielded his priceless heart's blood drop.

Chen Mobai suspended the essence blood aloft and produced the Douluo Eight Scenic Lantern.

Purple Green Divine Flame burst from the wick, the Nine Doushuai Flames forming an unseen flaming cauldron atop Wandering Mountain, melting the added metals in a flash. Amid Ku Zhu's awe, countless restrictions wove in instantly.

Shaped by those restrictions, the azure liquid in the flame cauldron swiftly molded into a plain round bottle cap.

At last, with a finger snap, Chen Mobai merged Ku Zhu's essence blood, perfecting the cap. As flames faded, it settled onto the Four Seas Bottle's mouth with a clear click.

"Take it."

After verifying the cap's suppression of the Tianyuan Dao Fruit, Chen Mobai passed it to the still-dazed Ku Zhu.

"Senior truly reigns as East Continent's foremost Artifact Refiner!"

Ku Zhu accepted it reverently with both hands. He had intended to depart during the refining, as such processes stayed intensely confidential to thwart secret learning.

But before uttering a word, the fifth-rank cap was done.

This convinced Ku Zhu that Chen Mobai's methods defied imitation.

Even the Immortal in Flames would puzzle over the rapid techniques Chen Mobai had unleashed.

"Here's the sacramental refinement mantra. Test it; with this, the Sun God Tree lineage concludes. Fear not, my sect will watch over Kong Sang Valley."

Chen Mobai fetched a jade slip, etched the mantra, and gave it to Ku Zhu.

Yet he had misjudged Ku Zhu, who puzzled over the "lineage."

Such insight belonged to sacred lands birthing Ascended Monks.

Noting Ku Zhu's bafflement, Chen Mobai skipped explaining the "lineage," as their bond lacked depth. Though he couldn't discern Ku Zhu's precisely, he knew it tangled complexly—revealing it might ensnare Ku Zhu, impeding his sword arts.

"Understood, Senior!"

Ku Zhu took "lineage" as a debt settled for the Sun God Tree, convinced the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor shunned owing favors, and nodded promptly.

"Heading to West Continent for vengeance means a arduous trek; solo flight drains True Qi excessively. Use this command token—seek my junior Chen Lingming, who'll provide a treasure ship."

Chen Mobai, despite scant exchange with Ku Zhu, deemed him rare in the Tianhe Realm for firm principles and moral fiber, so he offered aid without reserve.

Having already refined once with the Doushu Oil Lamp Spirit aflame, he decided to upgrade Ku Zhu's flying sword too.

"Senior's boundless kindness, Junior engraves in his heart. Upon safe return from West Continent, command me for any need!"

True to his word, Ku Zhu solemnly surrendered his lifebound flying sword.

Chen Mobai responded with a faint smile.

A mere Nascent Soul cultivator—he doubted ever requiring Ku Zhu's help.